[robains]

No way on stock ECU engine protection (except possible knock detection which is marginal at best - one sensor in the middle of the motor just isn't going to give me confidence). I don't know what engine protection you specifically refer to but atleast it is not implemented in stock ECU, just ask the numerous folks with blown motors running a stock ECU that hit the fuel slosh problem and/or oil slosh problem. Maybe you can "enable" these features with your reflashes but I'm not aware of a fuel pressure sensor in a stock setup even if the stock ECU could handle it?

There are a couple of stock oil pressure sensors, but again, they don't seem to offer any "protection". One is for VVT and the other appears to be more of an On/Off oil presssure switch no measured range.

I can understand that it might no be easy to turn your software into a good end user friendly interface and hence not worth the effort. I may not agree with you, but I can't understand your point. If I were to hazard a guess based on your customer base count, you probably have about $50,000 potential, sure if it takes 3-6 months to build a quality end user interface, then it might not be worth it -- pending what you "think" projected sales would be beyond current users base.

As far as not many people tracking their Lotus, I think you are WAY off on your estimate. Every event I've done (and these aren't LCS events), I see more and more and more Loti out on the track (many owners of which never post or even read this forum) -- people are catching on to Lotus being pretty fast while also being VERY easy on rotors, pads, tires, and fuel -- it's becoming a good track sustainable car (once one sorts out the engine reliability).

Anyway, I'm trying to encourage you (Charlie), not discourage. I think your user tunable efforts would be rewarded and I believe there is room to grow for both EFI and your product.

Rob